Can’t travel this holiday due to the pandemic? Transport yourself and those on your gift list with these books, and give a lift to the independent presses that publish them:
From A Brain. A Heart. The Nerve. (Alternative Book Press): “I knew your short legs would take long strides to the top.” A probing fictional biography of the actor who played the Munchkin Coroner in the 1939 Hollywood classic The Wizard of Oz. Order on Amazon.
From On the Shore (Vine Leaves Press): “Mikovski hated Tomasio simply because he made people laugh, a power the lieutenant would never have.” An emotionally charged tale of an immigrant Jewish family in turmoil when their children rebel during WWI. Order on Amazon.
From Tazia and Gemma (Vine Leaves Press): “More bodies sail past, people jumping off the ledge. Some cross themselves first.” The heartfelt and suspenseful story of an unwed Italian immigrant who survives the 1911 Triangle Waist Co. fire and the daughter who seeks her father 50 years later. Order on Amazon.
Read more about each book in NOVELS.
